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Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall
Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theological; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn, and now pastor of Rotherhith.Of the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolnes Inne, and now pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So that the rule is here, that That time alone may be spent in play, which we have free from other, serious and religious, affairs.
So that the rule is here, that That time alone may be spent in play, which wee haue free from other, serious and religious, affaires.
§ 5. Thirdly, recreation must be used ingenuously, freely and liberally: lnot with any greedy desire of lucre and gain. For recreation is no trade or course of life, for a man to make a living of or to live by: As mit is not playing, but spending when men wast themselves that way: so nit is not playing with, but preying upon those we seem to play with, when by such courses we pill them and make a spoil of them. It is to alter the very nature of the thing it self, to make a trade and a traffic of disport and pastime; to make not a lusorious, but a serious ⟨p. 250⟩L•t of it; yea more then a serious, oa sad and an heavy Lot (as it oft falleth out) of that pwhich should be merely for recreation and delight. Thou makest thy self both a Sinner, whosoever thou art, in so doing, by taking that from thy brother, that neither he ought to part with, nor thou to receive; and a Partner also with him in his sin, whereby he misspendeth, or hazardeth the misspending of that, which he ought otherwise to employ.
§ 5. Thirdly, recreation must be vsed ingenuously, freely and liberally: